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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Flaky IDE
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:28:12
Message-Id: 200509190223.42796.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Flaky IDE by Michael Crute
1 On Monday 19 September 2005 02:00, Michael Crute wrote:
2
3 > >
4 > > I'm not really looking to change hardware just simply re-initialize that
5 >
6 > specific PCI card so I don't have to reboot to do it. There ought to be a
7 > software command to do this, but perhaps no.
8 >
9 > -Mike
10
11 you can reset the ide-bus with hdparm (dangerous) or unload the module and
12 reload it (also not without risks).
13
14 Hm brand new harddisks can be defect too. I had one once - it was damaged from
15 the very first second.
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